Ferrari develops revolutionary engine for 2026

Ferrari is reportedly processing a new, "revolutionary" motor for the 2026 Formula 1 season, which includes a concealed intake system. The 2026 play volition bring large changes to the chassis and motor regulations, which volition airs a superior situation for each teams connected the grid.

Ferrari plans to amended the show of its engine, particularly the cylinder caput made of aluminum alloy, which volition incorporate a apical concealed intake system. This improvement comes aft the “highly innovative alloy cylinder head”, projected by erstwhile motor main Wolf Zimmermann, was rejected owed to reliability issues.

In the 2026 season, the grid volition see 5 motor manufacturers: Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda, newcomer Audi F1 and Red Bull Powertrains-Ford. Honda is returning aft withdrawing successful 2021, and galore judge that Mercedes is already much precocious successful preparing for the caller rules.

Mercedes antecedently took vantage of the regularisation changes successful 2014, winning 8 constructors' and 7 drivers' titles nether the enactment of Lewis Hamilton and Nice Rosberg. Hamilton, present astatine Ferrari, is struggling successful his archetypal play successful the reddish car successful 2025, without a azygous podium successful his archetypal 19 appearances.

Preparations for 2026

However, the superb 39-year-old Hamilton and awesome workfellow Charles Leclerc could get a boost up of the caller season, arsenic Ferrari is reportedly making encouraging advancement successful motor development. Italian reports authorities that Ferrari is moving connected improving performance, portion the clip mislaid successful switching from 1 cylinder caput conception to different has affected competitiveness against Mercedes. Honda, connected the different hand, is not acold behind.

Problems with different manufacturers are besides evident. Apparently, each but 1 – believed to beryllium Mercedes – had superior motor improvement difficulties. Two were acold behind, portion 1 struggled with an uncompetitive motor owed to a antithetic benignant of biofuel.

Red Bull brag Laurent Mekies admitted it would beryllium "naive" to expect his squad to beryllium capable to lucifer Mercedes and Ferrari instantly astatine the commencement of 2026. His predecessor, Christian Horner, said it would beryllium "embarrassing" for the experienced manufacturers to person the RBPT-Ford motor outperform theirs for adjacent season.